Protect Your Privacy

Privacy 2.0: The Garbo Economy is a good story that was posted on NPR.  It talks about what you should be doing to maintain your privacy.  It talks about The Electronic Frontier Foundation 12 step program.  It is worth the time to check it out. 

Where do your footprints lead?

As I keep thinking about "big brother" and or digital footprint a story about smart phones tracking our movements broke at the end of last week.  This is not something new. We have been tracked by cell phone and credit card providers for year. What is new is the amount and detailed data that they can collect. People need to remember that your internet activity is being tracked as well.  This weekend my husband and I looked up bathroom vanities on Saturday.  When my husband got back on his computer on Sunday night he has several add for bathroom vanities.  Is this a bad thing?  I guess it depends on how you look at it.  The bigger question is, are you telling your students?  I have not told my students but I feel that I should.  It all becomes apart of who you are online and you just never know what might comeback and get you.

Students Digital Footprint

On Twitter last night there was a good point made.  Think about what YOU let go into your students Digital Footprint. You do not want something they did in 8th grade to keep them from getting into college or even getting a job.  It got me thinking....how about you?

Digital Footprint

Have you thought about your digital footprint?  What are you leaving behind on the internet?  Is it something that you would want EVERYONE to see?  How are you preparing you students for the digital footprint that they will leave?

This topic has come up several times this week and I can not seem to stop thinking about it.  Teaching or students to use the internet in a save and responsible manner is part of using technology in the classroom. I am not just talking about how to be safe on the web but how to represent your self on the web.  I have talked about this with high school and college but when should we start with the others?  Check out the story in the link below about your digital footprint replacing your resume.....are you ready for this?....are your students ready for this?

 5 Reasons Why Your Online Presence Will Replace Your Resume In 10 Years